debhelper like packages for GStreamer

Sebastien Bacher seb128@debian.org
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:01:24 +0200


Le samedi 25 juin 2005 =E0 14:04 +0200, Lo=EFc Minier a =E9crit :
>         Hi,
>=20
>  I'm considering preparing a couple of GStreamer debhelper-like
>  utilities.  The candidates so far are:
>  - dh_gstinstallpluginsVER: would call gst-register-VER and
>    gst-compprep-VER when files are present in /usr/lib/gstreamer-VER,
>  - dh_gstshlibdeps: would call objdump/nm on ELF files to resolve hidde=
n
>    dependencies and fill a substvar for GStreamer related dependencies
>    with the help of per provider-package dependency information
>    generated by dh_gstmakeshlibs,
>  - dh_gstmakeshlibs: would call objdump/nm on ELF files
>    to find out the dependencies they could fulfill and generate a
>    providing-package dependencies file with a symbols/package version
>    table.
>=20
>  The first helper is growing necessary as I duplicate code for plugins
>  and gstreamer itself in preinst, postinst, and postrm, to deal with
>  removal of /root/.gstreamer-0.8 and gst-register+gst-compprep.

Good idea.


>  The last two commands would require some work, and needs to be put in
>  perspective with the changes in formats for the 0.9/0.10 series.

Cf previous mail, there is no real interest to do this ...


Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher